With roughly four weeks left in the regular season, we’ve entered crunch time in the races for not only division crowns and wild-card berths, but individual awards as well.
There’s been some shuffling atop the leaderboards for baseball’s biggest individual prizes—Comeback Player of the Year, Manager of the Year, Rookie of the Year and, perhaps the most coveted honor in each league, the Cy Young Award and MVP Award.
Some of those races are far more exciting than others, with multiple players a hot streak away from overtaking their competition. While we’re focused on statistics, the feeling we’ve got in our guts and past voting trends also factor into the odds you’ll find on the pages that follow.
Let’s get this show on the road, shall we?